Featured Onsite & Hybrid Offerings Ashes of Beauty: An Evening of Music and Butoh Led by Martha Matsuda, Mark Deutsch, Delana Motter, Clare Hedin and Diana SolineSaturday, May 4, 7:30 – 9 pm, City Center Conference Center Beginners' Half-Day Sitting With Roger HillyardSunday, May 5, 9 am – 1 pm, City CenterPlease register by May 2 Introductory Four-Day Sesshin With Jiryu Rutschman-Byler and Thiemo BlankWednesday, May 8 – Sunday, May 12, Green Gulch Farm Saturday One-Day Sitting Led by Gengyoko Tim WicksSaturday, May 11, 6:30 am – 6 pm, Haight Street Art Center and Online Warm Hands to Warm Feet: Zen-a-thon 2024 Sunday, May 12, 10 am – 12 pm, City Center Conference Center Zen-a-thon Film Night – Seek Nothing, Just Sit Friday, May 17, 7 – 8:30 pm, City Center Conference Center Featured Online Offerings Zen Foundations: Exploring the Sandokai With Anshi Zachary SmithSix Thursdays, May 2 – June 6, 5:30 – 7 pm PT, Online Dancing with Chronic Illness and Pain: Ongoing Group With Zenshin Florence CaplowSix Sundays, May 12 – October 13, 12 – 1:30 pm PT, Online Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind With Peter Van der Sterre and Jennifer BlockSix Wednesday, May 15 – June 19, 5 – 6:30 pm PT, Online Calendar Event Type - Any -CeremoniesClasses & Extended CoursesDharma TalksFamily & Children's EventsGreen Gulch Farm, Garden & WatershedPractice GroupsPractice PeriodsSitting Meditation & SesshinsSpecial Events & ExhibitsTea EventsWorkshops and Retreats Practice Center - Any -City CenterGreen Gulch FarmOnlineTassajara Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Livestream Dharma Talk: Dan Gudgel, Online/Onsite 5/15 Thursday, May 16, 2024 Start Time Location Event 07:00 PM City Center Trans Sangha, CC 5/16 Friday, May 17, 2024 Start Time Location Event 07:00 PM City Center Film Night—Seek Nothing, Just Sit: Zen-a-thon, CC 5/17 Saturday, May 18, 2024 Start Time Location Event 06:30 AM Online Zen en Español, en línea 5/18 08:40 AM City Center Zazen (Meditation) Instruction, CC 5/18 08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 5/18 09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm All Day Sitting with Everyday Zen, GGF 5/18 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Kokyo Henkel, Online/Onsite 5/18 11:20 AM City Center Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction, CC 5/18 Sunday, May 19, 2024 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Sunday 10:00am Livestream Dharma Talk: Sokaku Kathie Fischer, Online/Onsite 5/19 01:30 PM Green Gulch Farm Sunday Tea Gathering, GGF 5/19 02:00 PM City Center KOHAKU, CC 5/19 Monday, May 20, 2024 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online/Onsite 5/20 Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Start Time Location Event 04:00 PM Tassajara Buddhist Women Teachers: 2500 Years with Sokaku Kathie and Zoketsu Norman Fischer, 5/21 - 5/28 - Sold out 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 5/21 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Start Time Location Event 02:15 PM Online Buddhist Women Teachers: 2500 Years (Tassajara Livestream), Online 5/22 - 5/27 07:30 PM City Center Full Moon Ceremony, Online/Onsite 5/22 Saturday, May 25, 2024 Start Time Location Event 06:30 AM Online Zen en Español, en línea 5/25 08:40 AM City Center Urban Gate Sangha, 5/25 09:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Introductory Half-Day Sitting, GGF 5/25 10:00 AM City Center Saturday 10:00 am Livestream Dharma Talk: Ryushin Paul Haller, Online/Onsite 5/25 Sunday, May 26, 2024 Start Time Location Event 10:00 AM Green Gulch Farm Writing and Mindfulness: Cultivating a Daily Practice, GGF 5/26 Monday, May 27, 2024 Start Time Location Event 05:00 AM City Center Memorial Day Holiday, CC and Online 5/27 03:00 PM City Center ZenLit and SFZC Present Poets Jane Hirshfield & Naomi Shihab Nye, CC 5/27 - Sold out 07:30 PM Online Meditation in Recovery, CC weekly meeting, Online 5/27 Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Start Time Location Event 04:00 PM City Center Gardens of Awakening-Exhibit, Talk and Book Signing, CC 5/28 - 5/30 07:15 PM City Center Young Urban Zen, 5/28 Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Start Time Location Event 07:30 PM City Center Wednesday 7:30 pm Livestream: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Mitsue Nagase reading, Online/Onsite 5/29 Thursday, May 30, 2024 Start Time Location Event 04:00 PM Green Gulch Farm The Wonder of Bird Song, GGF 5/30 - 6/1 Saturday, Jun 1, 2024 Start Time Location Event 06:30 AM City Center Saturday One-Day Sitting, CC 6/1 More Events